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LOT 0168
Roman Marble Relief Fragment with Satyr
1ST CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 in. (3.45 kg, 24 cm).
Depicted nude and shown from behind, his right arm raised and face shown in profile.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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